Justin Trudeau on Sunday condemned an abusive verbal attack on his deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland.
“We are seeing increasingly people in public life and people in positions of responsibility, particularly women, racialized Canadians, people of minority or different community groups, being targeted almost because of the increasing strength of your voices,” Trudeau said in an address on Sunday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“What the fuck are you doing in Alberta?” the man said as Freeland walked toward and into the elevator. He also called her a “traitor” and a “fucking bitch.” The video had hundreds of thousands of views.Article content An unidentified man in a white tank top was captured on video shouting obscenities at Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as she entered an elevator at City Hall in Grande Prairie, Alta., before he was escorted out of the building.Freeland was born in Alberta and was on a tour of the province to meet with officials, businesses and workers.
She acknowledged the incident in a tweet on Saturday. “What happened yesterday was wrong. Nobody, anywhere, should have to put up with threats and intimidation,”
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